China has stopped publishing daily COVID data amid reports of a huge spike in cases

China's National Health Commission said in a statement it would no longer publish daily data and that 'from now on, the Chinese CDC will release relevant COVID information for reference and research.'

Despite the surge in cases, China has suspended most public testing booths, meaning there is no accurate public measure of the scale of infections across the country.

Last week, the World Health Organization warned that China may be"behind the curve" on reporting data, offering to help with collecting information. WHO Health Emergencies Program Executive Director Michael Ryan said,"In China, what's been reported is relatively low numbers of cases in ICUs, but anecdotally ICUs are filling up."

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